Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of Myers
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 1979No. 45343PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHicks, J.
George Myers petitions 1 for release from personal restraint or for a new trial on several grounds. The matter was certified here by the Court of Appeals on the issue of the application of the rules on presumptions enunciated in State v. Roberts, 88 Wn.2d 337, 562 P.2d 1259 (1977). We deny the petition.
Myers was arrested at 1 p.m., May 20, 1957. Twelve hours later he signed a statement that he had beaten Sigurd Oliver with his fists and a heavy object and left him alongside the road. Oliver had been found dead about 8 a.m., May 18, in the area where Myers admitted leaving him.
Myers was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. RobertsWashington Supreme Court · 1977
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